2023 Thailand motorcycle Grand Prix

2023 Thailand Grand Prix
Race details
Race 17 of 20 races in the; 2023 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	29 October 2023
Official name	OR Thailand Grand Prix
Location	Chang International Circuit; Buriram, Thailand
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.554 km (2.830 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Martín
Time	1:29.287
Fastest lap
Rider	Marco Bezzecchi
Time	1:30.896 on lap 9
Podium
First	Jorge Martín
Second	Francesco Bagnaia
Third	Brad Binder
Moto2
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Fermín Aldeguer
Time	1:35.371
Fastest lap
Rider	Fermín Aldeguer
Time	1:35.778 on lap 2
Podium
First	Fermín Aldeguer
Second	Pedro Acosta
Third	Somkiat Chantra
Moto3
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Deniz Öncü
Time	1:42.061
Fastest lap
Rider	Deniz Öncü
Time	1:42.346 on lap 10
Podium
First	David Alonso
Second	Taiyo Furusato
Third	Collin Veijer

The 2023 Thailand motorcycle Grand Prix (officially known as the OR Thailand Grand Prix) was the seventeenth round of the 2023 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the Chang International Circuit in Buriram on 29 October 2023.

Practice session

MotoGP

Combined Free Practice 1-2

Free Practice sessions on Friday and Saturday do not determine riders to qualify for Q2.

Fastest session lap

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Free practice times
Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	FP1^[1]	FP2^[2]
1	89	Jorge Martín	Ducati	1:30.520	1:30.809
2	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	1:30.758	1:30.550
3	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	1:31.171	1:30.591
4	1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1:31.507	1:30.598
5	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	1:31.650	1:30.617
6	88	Miguel Oliveira	Aprilia	1:32.121	1:30.660
7	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati	1:31.824	1:30.764
8	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	1:31.913	1:30.795
9	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	1:31.482	1:30.817
10	73	Álex Márquez	Ducati	1:31.486	1:30.822
11	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1:31.755	1:30.964
12	44	Pol Espargaró	KTM	1:31.012	1:30.966
13	43	Jack Miller	KTM	1:31.682	1:30.996
14	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	1:31.857	1:31.008
15	10	Luca Marini	Ducati	1:31.789	1:31.023
16	25	Raúl Fernández	Aprilia	1:31.482	1:31.175
17	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1:31.270	1:31.216
18	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1:31.599	1:31.231
19	36	Joan Mir	Honda	1:31.997	1:31.282
20	37	Augusto Fernández	KTM	1:31.343	1:31.342
21	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	1:31.853	1:31.391
OFFICIAL MOTOGP COMBINED FREE PRACTICE TIMES REPORT

Practice

The top ten riders (written in bold) qualified for Q2.

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor
Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Time results^[3]
1	89	Jorge Martín	Ducati	1:29.826
2	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	1:29.924
3	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	1:29.986
4	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	1:30.006
5	10	Luca Marini	Ducati	1:30.025
6	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati	1:30.034
7	1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	1:30.069
8	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	1:30.074
9	33	Brad Binder	KTM	1:30.121
10	37	Augusto Fernández	KTM	1:30.130
11	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	1:30.195
12	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1:30.217
13	43	Jack Miller	KTM	1:30.224
14	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	1:30.262
15	44	Pol Espargaró	KTM	1:30.268
16	36	Joan Mir	Honda	1:30.295
17	25	Raúl Fernández	Aprilia	1:30.343
18	73	Álex Márquez	Ducati	1:30.367
19	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	1:30.915
20	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1:30.990
21	88	Miguel Oliveira	Aprilia	1:31.104
OFFICIAL MOTOGP PRACTICE TIMES REPORT

Qualifying

MotoGP

Fastest session lap

Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Qualifying times		Final grid	Row
Pos.	No.	Biker	Constructor	Q1^[4]	Q2^[5]	Final grid	Row
1	89	Jorge Martín	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:29.287	1	1
2	10	Luca Marini	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:29.425	2
3	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	Qualified in Q2	1:29.461	3
4	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:29.483	4	2
5	33	Brad Binder	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:29.496	5
6	1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:29.527	6
7	73	Álex Márquez	Ducati	1:29.743	1:29.600	7	3
8	93	Marc Márquez	Honda	1:29.830	1:29.622	8
9	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	Qualified in Q2	1:29.701	9
10	20	Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	Qualified in Q2	1:29.707	10	4
11	5	Johann Zarco	Ducati	Qualified in Q2	1:29.923	11
12	37	Augusto Fernández	KTM	Qualified in Q2	1:30.077	12
13	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	1:29.850	N/A	13	5
14	25	Raúl Fernández	Aprilia	1:29.914	N/A	14
15	43	Jack Miller	KTM	1:30.096	N/A	15
16	30	Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	1:30.115	N/A	16	6
17	44	Pol Espargaró	KTM	1:30.124	N/A	17
18	21	Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	1:30.158	N/A	18
19	36	Joan Mir	Honda	1:30.263	N/A	19	7
20	88	Miguel Oliveira	Aprilia	1:30.442	N/A	20
21	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati	1:30.677	N/A	21
OFFICIAL MOTOGP QUALIFYING RESULTS

MotoGP Sprint

The MotoGP Sprint was held on 28 October.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	89	Jorge Martín	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	13	19:41.593	1	12
2	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	13	+0.933	5	9
3	10	Luca Marini	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	13	+1.841	2	7
4	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	13	+3.503	8	6
5	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	13	+3.581	3	5
6	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	13	+4.029	4	4
7	1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	13	+4.121	6	3
8	73	Álex Márquez	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	13	+6.727	7	2
9	5	Johann Zarco	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	13	+7.323	11	1
10	43	Jack Miller	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	13	+9.240	15
11	20	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	13	+9.339	10
12	36	Joan Mir	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	13	+10.356	19
13	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	13	+12.312	21
14	25	Raúl Fernández	CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team	Aprilia	13	+15.390	14
15	21	Franco Morbidelli	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	13	+15.535	18
16	44	Pol Espargaró	GasGas Factory Racing Tech3	KTM	13	+15.644	17
17	88	Miguel Oliveira	CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team	Aprilia	13	+17.753	20
18	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	13	+22.675	9
19	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	13	+37.854	16
Ret	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	9	Retired	13
Ret	37	Augusto Fernández	GasGas Factory Racing Tech3	KTM	5	Accident	12
Fastest sprint lap: Jorge Martín (Ducati) – 1:30.178 (lap 4)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP SPRINT REPORT

Warm up practice

MotoGP

Fabio Quartararo set the best time 1:30.257 and was the fastest rider at this session ahead of Francesco Bagnaia and Franco Morbidelli.^[6]

Race

MotoGP

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	89	Jorge Martín	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	26	39:40.045	1	25
2	1	Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	26	+0.253	6	20
3^[a]	33	Brad Binder	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	26	+0.114	5	16
4	72	Marco Bezzecchi	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	26	+2.005	4	13
5	20	Fabio Quartararo	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	26	+4.550	10	11
6	93	Marc Márquez	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	26	+5.362	8	10
7	10	Luca Marini	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	Ducati	26	+6.778	2	9
8	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	26	+7.303^[b]	3	8
9	49	Fabio Di Giannantonio	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	26	+7.569	13	7
10	5	Johann Zarco	Prima Pramac Racing	Ducati	26	+9.377	11	6
11	21	Franco Morbidelli	Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP	Yamaha	26	+11.168	18	5
12	36	Joan Mir	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	26	+11.990	19	4
13	23	Enea Bastianini	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati	26	+12.323	21	3
14	30	Takaaki Nakagami	LCR Honda Idemitsu	Honda	26	+14.537	16	2
15	25	Raúl Fernández	CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team	Aprilia	26	+15.093	14	1
16	43	Jack Miller	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	KTM	26	+17.640	15
17	37	Augusto Fernández	GasGas Factory Racing Tech3	KTM	26	+21.307	12
18	44	Pol Espargaró	GasGas Factory Racing Tech3	KTM	26	+21.435	17
Ret	12	Maverick Viñales	Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	23	Retired	9
Ret	73	Álex Márquez	Gresini Racing MotoGP	Ducati	12	Accident	7
Ret	88	Miguel Oliveira	CryptoData RNF MotoGP Team	Aprilia	6	Technical issue	20
Fastest lap: Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati) – 1:30.896 (lap 9)
OFFICIAL MOTOGP RACE REPORT

Moto2

Pos.	No.	Rider	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	54	Fermín Aldeguer	Boscoscuro	22	35:20.880	1	25
2	37	Pedro Acosta	Kalex	22	+3.481	2	20
3	35	Somkiat Chantra	Kalex	22	+9.794	5	16
4	14	Tony Arbolino	Kalex	22	+12.923	8	13
5	79	Ai Ogura	Kalex	22	+14.451	19	11
6	24	Marcos Ramírez	Kalex	22	+14.816	6	10
7	75	Albert Arenas	Kalex	22	+15.030	3	9
8	21	Alonso López	Boscoscuro	22	+18.360	7	8
9	28	Izan Guevara	Kalex	22	+19.798	17	7
10	18	Manuel González	Kalex	22	+20.564	20	6
11	40	Arón Canet	Kalex	22	+20.962	4	5
12	71	Dennis Foggia	Kalex	22	+24.198	16	4
13	52	Jeremy Alcoba	Kalex	22	+25.593	13	3
14	22	Sam Lowes	Kalex	22	+26.526	14	2
15	15	Darryn Binder	Kalex	22	+33.565	25	1
16	64	Bo Bendsneyder	Kalex	22	+33.716	21
17	12	Filip Salač	Kalex	22	+33.734	18
18	7	Barry Baltus	Kalex	22	+35.157	22
19	17	Álex Escrig	Forward	22	+37.586	23
20	33	Rory Skinner	Kalex	22	+42.531	30
21	9	Mattia Casadei	Kalex	22	+55.552	28
22	5	Kohta Nozane	Kalex	22	+1:04.820	29
23	3	Lukas Tulovic	Kalex	22	+1:27.793	26
Ret	84	Zonta van den Goorbergh	Kalex	18	Technical issue	15
Ret	11	Sergio García	Kalex	7	Accident	11
Ret	13	Celestino Vietti	Kalex	4	Accident	12
Ret	96	Jake Dixon	Kalex	4	Collision	9
Ret	16	Joe Roberts	Kalex	2	Accident	10
Ret	23	Taiga Hada	Kalex	2	Accident	24
Ret	67	Alberto Surra	Forward	0	Accident	27
Fastest lap: Fermín Aldeguer (Boscoscuro) – 1:35.778 (lap 2)
OFFICIAL MOTO2 RACE REPORT

Moto3

Pos.	No.	Rider	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	80	David Alonso	Gas Gas	19	32:45.307	12	25
2	72	Taiyo Furusato	Honda	19	+0.266	6	20
3	95	Collin Veijer	Husqvarna	19	+0.359	5	16
4	5	Jaume Masià	Honda	19	+0.382	7	13
5	53	Deniz Öncü	KTM	19	+0.557	1	11
6	96	Daniel Holgado	KTM	19	+1.133	11	10
7	18	Matteo Bertelle	Honda	19	+1.288	13	9
8	54	Riccardo Rossi	Honda	19	+1.307	17	8
9	6	Ryusei Yamanaka	Gas Gas	19	+1.413	4	7
10	27	Kaito Toba	Honda	19	+1.445	22	6
11	48	Iván Ortolá	KTM	19	+1.468	16	5
12	66	Joel Kelso	CFMoto	19	+2.337	14	4
13	10	Diogo Moreira	KTM	19	+2.409	2	3
14	43	Xavier Artigas	CFMoto	19	+6.497	19	2
15	31	Adrián Fernández	Honda	19	+6.663	8	1
16	99	José Antonio Rueda	KTM	19	+6.813	9
17	82	Stefano Nepa	KTM	19	+6.972	15
18	21	Vicente Pérez	KTM	19	+14.484	23
19	7	Filippo Farioli	KTM	19	+15.922	24
20	19	Scott Ogden	Honda	19	+16.441	26
21	20	Lorenzo Fellon	KTM	19	+18.035	30
22	9	Nicola Carraro	Honda	19	+28.738	18
23	70	Joshua Whatley	Honda	19	+31.758	21
24	63	Syarifuddin Azman	KTM	19	+33.894	20
25	38	David Salvador	KTM	19	+34.011	28
26	64	Mario Aji	Honda	19	+34.104	25
27	32	Krittapat Keankum	KTM	19	+1:15.028	29
28	33	Tatchakorn Buasri	Honda	18	+1 lap	27
Ret	44	David Muñoz	KTM	9	Collision damage	10
Ret	71	Ayumu Sasaki	Husqvarna	8	Collision damage	3
Fastest lap: Deniz Öncü (KTM) – 1:42.346 (lap 10)
OFFICIAL MOTO3 RACE REPORT

Championship standings after the race

Below are the standings for the top five riders, constructors, and teams after the round.^[8]^[9]^[10]

MotoGP

Riders' Championship standings

	Pos.	Rider	Points
	1	Francesco Bagnaia	389
	2	Jorge Martín	376
	3	Marco Bezzecchi	310
	4	Brad Binder	249
1	5	Aleix Espargaró	198

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
	1	Ducati	589
	2	KTM	321
	3	Aprilia	287
1	4	Honda	166
1	5	Yamaha	165

Teams' Championship standings

Pos.	Team	Points
1	Prima Pramac Racing	570
2	Mooney VR46 Racing Team	474
3	Ducati Lenovo Team	444
4	Red Bull KTM Factory Racing	393
5	Aprilia Racing	368

Moto2

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Pedro Acosta	300.5
2	Tony Arbolino	237.5
3	Jake Dixon	172
4	Arón Canet	159
5	Somkiat Chantra	143.5

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Kalex	402.5
2	Boscoscuro	211
3	Forward	1

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Team	Points
	1	Red Bull KTM Ajo	372.5
	2	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team	319.5
1	3	Beta Tools Speed Up	264
1	4	Idemitsu Honda Team Asia	250
2	5	Pons Wegow Los40	243

Moto3

Riders' Championship standings

	Pos.	Rider	Points
	1	Jaume Masià	230
	2	Ayumu Sasaki	213
1	3	David Alonso	205
1	4	Daniel Holgado	205
	5	Deniz Öncü	191

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	KTM	349
2	Honda	281
3	Husqvarna	247
4	Gas Gas	223
5	CFMoto	91

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Team	Points
	1	Liqui Moly Husqvarna Intact GP	318
	2	Red Bull KTM Ajo	302
	3	Leopard Racing	292
1	4	Gaviota GasGas Aspar Team	276
1	5	Angeluss MTA Team	257

Notes

^ One-position penalty for exceeding track limits on the last lap.
^ Three-second penalty for spending more than half of the race distance under the minimum tyre pressure.^[7]

References

^ "OR Thailand Grand Prix MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 1 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
^ "OR Thailand Grand Prix MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 2 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
^ "OR Thailand Grand Prix Practice Classification 2023" (PDF).
^ "OR Thailand Grand Prix MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 1 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
^ "OR Thailand Grand Prix MotoGP Grand Prix Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
^ "OR Thailand Grand Prix MotoGP Warm Up Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.
^ Dielhenn, James (29 October 2023). "Aleix Espargaro hit with three-second penalty for incorrect tyre pressure at Thailand MotoGP". Crash.net. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
^ "MotoGP Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
^ "Moto2 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
^ "Moto3 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.

External links

"MotoGP Official Website". Retrieved 26 October 2023.

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[7] One-position penalty for exceeding track limits on the last lap.

[9] Three-second penalty for spending more than half of the race distance under the minimum tyre pressure.^[7]

[1] "OR Thailand Grand Prix MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 1 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.

[2] "OR Thailand Grand Prix MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 2 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.

[3] "OR Thailand Grand Prix Practice Classification 2023" (PDF).

[4] "OR Thailand Grand Prix MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 1 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.

[5] "OR Thailand Grand Prix MotoGP Grand Prix Qualifying Nr. 2 Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.

[6] "OR Thailand Grand Prix MotoGP Warm Up Classification 2023" (PDF). www.motogp.com.

[8] Dielhenn, James (29 October 2023). "Aleix Espargaro hit with three-second penalty for incorrect tyre pressure at Thailand MotoGP". Crash.net. Retrieved 29 October 2023.

[10] "MotoGP Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.

[11] "Moto2 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.

[12] "Moto3 Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 29 October 2023.

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